Goldberg Variations

The play has ended, and the audience in the theater left in twos and threes in an orderly manner.

In the quiet auditorium, people's voices began to sound, talking, laughing, and yelling together, making Gu Kai's shocked consciousness slowly return.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Shi Yangming rubbed his red eyes from crying.

Watching Shi Yangming go away, Yu Shuangshuang asked Gu Kai: "Then I... will go back? Are you going back now?"

Gu Kai: "Aren't you waiting for Pei Wen?"

"People from their troupe are going to have a party, I guess they don't have time to talk to us," Yu Shuangshuang said, "What time is it?"

"09:30." Gu Kai took out his phone to check the time, "Huh? Did Pei Wen send me a message?"

"What news?" Yu Shuangshuang leaned over to read.

Gu Kai covered the phone screen: "It was sent to me, what are you peeking at?"

"Tch, stingy." Yu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes, "Isn't it just news, I don't care about that, what did he say?"

Gu Kai avoids Yu Shuangshuang, reads the message two or three times, and smiles.

"None of your business."

"Yo," Yu Shuangshuang said, "this expression is not normal, maybe..."

Gu Kai: "There is nothing, you go first."

Yu Shuangshuang curled her lips: "Let's go, goodbye, I'm going home."

"Wait a minute," Yu Shuangshuang just walked two steps away, suddenly thought of something, turned back and stared at Gu Kai, "Before I leave, I have something to say to you."

"Well, tell me." Gu Kai put away his phone and sat back on the chair, as if he had no intention of leaving now.

Yu Shuangshuang also sat down: "I'm serious, don't be so perfunctory."

"I'm not perfunctory," Gu Kai turned to look at her, "Tell me, I'm listening, is it related to Pei Wen?"

"Hmm, I can guess."

Gu Kai: "You are so mysterious, besides Pei Wen, what else can you be related to?"

Yu Shuangshuang crossed her arms: "Since you are clear, then I will cut to the chase."

"Tell me first, what do you think of Pei Wen?"

Gu Kai: "What idea?"

"Don't play dumb here!" Yu Shuangshuang patted him, "You Gu Kai, I still don't know?"

Gu Kai: "Oh, so what if you know?"

Yu Shuangshuang: "The key is whether I know or not. The key is your attitude towards Pei Wen. Are you serious about him?"

Gu Kai pondered for a while when he heard the words, then tilted his head: "What do you mean seriously?"

Yu Shuangshuang said unhappily: "Don't think that I don't know that you change boyfriends every month. As a friend, I don't interfere with your love life, but if you put your mind on Pei Wen, I will never agree."

"I warn you, Pei Wen is not that kind of person! If you want to play with his feelings, you have to ask me first."

"Wait a minute, when did I change boyfriends every month?" Gu Kai frowned, "You have misunderstood me."

"No? You dated a boy before, or that returnee, and you broke up within a month."

Gu Kai was speechless: "Yes, that was one month... But that's because I was a little impulsive during the relationship, I didn't think it through clearly, and it was just an isolated case."

"I didn't play with anyone's feelings, and I didn't intend to play with Pei Wen's feelings. Don't pour dirty water on me."

Yu Shuangshuang wrinkled her nose: "Anyway, Pei Wen is different from them, so don't provoke him easily."

Gu Kai sincerely asked for advice: "Can you tell me exactly what is different, so I can be mentally prepared."

"That won't work, it's his privacy." Yu Shuangshuang glanced at the phone, "It's getting late, I won't chat with you."

"Anyway, I'm warning you, don't tease Pei Wen blindly, or be careful of sister's fist."

Yu Shuangshuang waved her fists. She has been martial arts since she was a child, and she is very good at punching.

"Okay." Gu Kai made an OK gesture, "Sister, if you have something to say, don't be rude. But I really don't intend to play with his feelings."

"It's good that you know, I'm leaving." Yu Shuangshuang waved her hand and left the theater with the flow of people.

Shi Yangming, who came out of the bathroom, saw that Gu Kai was alone, and asked, "Where is Shuangshuang?"

"It's already gone out." Gu Kai pointed to the exit.

"Why don't you leave?" Shi Yangming asked.

"I'll wait for Pei Wen here."

"Then I'll go first," Shi Yangming said, "Shuangshuang is a girl, how can you let her go alone? I'll see her off!"

As soon as he said that, he quickly chased him out.

"Girls..." Gu Kai recalled the big men who were easily knocked out by Yu Shuangshuang, and shook his head with lingering fear, "That's not an ordinary girl."

Then he thought of what Yu Shuangshuang said just now.

That girl always half-spoken. She didn't have such a personality before, and she was so mysterious when it came to Pei Wen.

Everyone has some secrets more or less in their hearts. I don't know what Pei Wen's secret is, and I don't know if he will be lucky enough to know it someday in the future?

Gu Kai took out his phone again, looked down at the message Pei Wen sent him, and checked the time, it was sent before he went on stage.

Pei Wen said, let him wait for him after the performance, I don't know what it is.

Gu Kai waited left and right, and almost half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Gu Kai thought that it would not take so long to change clothes and remove makeup, so he took the initiative to go to the backstage to find Pei Wen.

I planned to find a staff member to ask where Pei Wen was, but I didn't expect to see someone when I entered the backstage.

Pei Wen was in the corridor with Hou Xuesong.

Why is this guy pestering Pei Wen again?Gu Kai frowned instinctively.

Gu Kai could only see Pei Wen's back, Hou Xuesong was facing him, with that semi-permanent smile still on his face, pulling Pei Wen's wrist, as if whispering something to Pei Wen.

"Xiao Pei, why didn't you tell me when you were discharged from the hospital? After you returned to the troupe, you kept avoiding me. It's hard to talk to you."

"How are you doing now?"

"I didn't hide from you." Pei Wen avoided Hou Xuesong's sight and tried to pull out his hand, but failed, "Well, Mr. Hou, I'm a little tired after the performance, and I want to go back to rest. Let's talk about other things another day Is it ok?"

"Is that why you don't want to talk to me?"

"Pei Wen!"

"I'm not..." Pei Wen was in a dilemma when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

He turned around and saw Gu Kai.

Gu Kai was wearing a brown plaid suit, white shirt, and tie to watch the show today.

Seeing Gu Kai, Pei Wen was inexplicably relieved.

"Mr. Hou?"

Gu Kai seemed to be very pleasantly surprised. He strode over, pulled Pei Wen to his side, and stretched out his hand to Hou Xuesong: "What a coincidence, why are you here? Didn't you not perform today?"

"No performance." Seeing Gu Kai holding Pei Wen's wrist, but Pei Wen didn't react at all, Hou Xuesong's smile was a little stiff, "I just came to see how the performances of the juniors in the troupe were."

"So that's how it is," Gu Kai smiled, "Take care of the juniors so well, as expected of Mr. Hou, whom I like."

"Then let's go first, Mr. Hou, we can talk another day when we are free," Gu Kai said, "You are busy first."

After Gu Kai finished speaking, he took Pei Wen's wrist and turned around to leave.

Hou Xuesong, who hadn't had time to persuade them to stay, looked at the backs of the two, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the rogue rabbit Xiaoguai for mine~